Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes

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THE SERVICE EDITION
OF
THE WORKS OF
RUDYARD KIPLING

THE FIVE NATIONS

VOL. II

THE

FIVE NATIONS

BY RUDYARD KIPLING

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II

METHUEN AND CO., LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

_First Published_ _September 1903_
_Second Edition_ _1903_
_Third Edition_ _1907_
_Fourth Edition_ _1908_
_Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_
_Seventh Edition_ _1910_
_Eighth Edition_ _1911_
_Ninth Edition_ _1912_
_Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_
_Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_
_Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_

CONTENTS

THE FIVE NATIONS

PAGE
BRIDGE-GUARD IN THE KARROO 8

DIRGE OF DEAD SISTERS 26

ISLANDERS, THE 31

LESSON, THE 13

OLD ISSUE, THE 1

PEACE OF DIVES, THE 40

REFORMERS, THE 23

SETTLER, THE 53

SOUTH AFRICA 49

SERVICE SONGS

BOOTS 88

CHANT-PAGAN 59

COLUMNS 72

FILES, THE 17

HALF-BALLAD OF WATERVAL 102

INSTRUCTOR, THE 86

LICHTENBERG 95

MARRIED MAN, THE 91